Author: Moira Warburton
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Former ‘Boy Meets World’ star Ben Savage to run for U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ben Savage, who starred in the 1990s sitcom “Boy Meets World,” is running for U.S. Congress in a Los Angeles-area district, aiming at a seat being vacated by Representative Adam Schiff, who is now running for Senate. “I’m running for Congress because it’s time to restore faith in government by offering reasonable,…
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Biden says he would sign GOP bill overturning D.C. crime laws
WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden said Thursday he would sign a Republican-led bill that would overturn recent changes to Washington, D.C.’s laws which lowered penalties for some crimes, should it pass in the U.S. Senate. “I support D.C. statehood and home rule, but I don’t support some of the changes D.C. Council put forward over…
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Rep. Santos says he won’t resign, only leave if voted out in next election
WASHINGTON • U.S. Rep. George Santos said on Thursday he would vacate his seat only if he loses the next election, clarifying an earlier statement that he would resign if “142 people” asked him to because of a string of false claims he made about his work and personal background. His initial remark about potentially…
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Trump tax returns to be released by House panel Friday
WASHINGTON • Former Republican President Donald Trump’s redacted tax returns will be made public Friday, a spokesperson for the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee said on Tuesday. The Democratic-controlled committee obtained the returns last month as part of an investigation into Trump’s taxes, after a lengthy court battle that ended with the…
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Treasury probing misuse of federal funds for DeSantis’s migrant flights
WASHINGTON • The U.S. Treasury is investigating whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis improperly used federal funds to pay for flights transporting migrants from Texas to Massachusetts, the department confirmed in a letter to U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday. The Republican governor took credit for flying about 50 migrants last month to the island of Martha’s Vineyard,…
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Four takeaways from the sixth day of Jan. 6 hearings
WASHINGTON • The sixth day of congressional hearings into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol featured Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to then-President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows. Hutchinson’s testimony focused on what Meadows and Trump knew about the attack in the days before and on Jan. 6, informed by her…
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Senate votes to advance burn pits victims’ bill in move toward final vote
WASHINGTON • Legislation to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic military burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan advanced with bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, clearing the way for a final vote. The legislation, which would cost $180 billion over four years, would cover injuries suffered by service members…
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Congress approves tougher financial disclosure rules for judges
WASHINGTON • Legislation that would subject U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges to tougher disclosure requirements for their financial holdings and stock trades passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday in a rare show of bipartisanship. The bill, approved on a voice vote after winning Senate passage in February, would make it easier for…
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Rep. Cawthorn cited for gun at airport
WASHINGTON • Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn has been cited by police for possessing a gun at an airport, according to local media, adding to a string of controversies for the first-term lawmaker ahead of a contested primary election. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration confirmed that agents had detected a firearm at the Charlotte Douglas International…
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Supreme Court nominee Jackson deflects Republican attacks
WASHINGTON • Republicans on Wednesday pressed their attacks on a range of issues against Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to become the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, as she inched closer to the end of an intense two days of questioning with Democrats coming to her defense. Jackson, who had…